Pennsylvania is using a new kindergarten-entrance assessment this fall, and a review of the way it’s handling the project points to key challenges states face as they use tests to gauge what students ...

Ensuring that children are developmentally ready for school on day one of kindergarten is critical. The better prepared children are for kindergarten, the more successful they are likely to be in ...

Incoming kindergarteners get an “on-ramp” to elementary school as part of Oregon's Jump Start Kindergarten Program. Four years ago this month, one of the most devastating wildfires in Oregon’s history ...

Preparing your toddler for Kindergarten in 2026 can be a strong foundation for success. Kids who showed they were ready for ...

For 20 kindergartners at Parr’s Ridge Elementary School, the morning is packed with singing and dancing, playing an alphabet game with sticks, and cutting big oval shapes out of paper. And while these ...

Until there is more comprehensive funding for state preschool, North Dakota can only reach a small number of 4-year-olds. The pandemic makes doing so even harder. The Hechinger Report covers one topic ...

The rules keep changing for how kindergarten readiness is measured in Florida. Here is an at-a-glance look at changes over the years: — 1997-1999: Each of Florida’s 67 counties uses its own system to ...

California students who attended transitional kindergarten were more engaged in the learning process and better prepared for math and reading when they entered kindergarten than children who did not, ...

United Way of Greater Joseph is set to continue their program for kindergarten readiness program in the St. Joseph School ...

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NEWPORT, Ky. (WKRC) - Alarming new data shows only 19% of Newport Independent Schools students were ready for kindergarten last school year. That puts Newport second-to-last in the state for ...

On May 15, the Florida Department of Education released the 2017-2018 Voluntary Pre-K readiness rates, and statewide, only 58% of children who participated in VPK were ready for kindergarten. In ...